a method of storing symbolic information by using photographic reduction techniques, such as microfilm, microfiche, etc
microform in American English
(ˈmaɪkroʊˌfɔrm)
noun
any form of photographically reduced document, print, etc., as microfilm or microfiche
microform in American English
(ˈmaikrəˌfɔrm)
noun
any form, either film or paper, containing microreproductions
Word origin
[1955–60; micro- + form]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cassette, new wave, opioid, rite of passage, rolloutmicro- is a combining form with the meanings “small” (microcosm; microgamete), “very small in comparison with others of its kind” (microcomputer; microlith), “too small to be seen by the unaided eye” (microfossil; microorganism), “dealing with extremely minute organisms, organic structures, or quantities ofa substance” (microdissection; microscope), “localized, restricted in scope or area” (microburst; microhabitat), “(of a discipline) focusing on a restricted area” (microeconomics), “containing or dealing with texts that require enlargement to be read” (microfilm; microreader), “one millionth” (microgram)
Examples of 'microform' in a sentence
microform
A notched cupid's bow was corrected in 10 minor-form cases and 50 microform cases.
Min Chul Kim, Dong Hun Choi, Sung Gun Bae, Byung Chae Cho 2017, 'Correction of Minor-Form and Microform Cleft Lip Using Modified Muscle Overlappingwith a Minimal Skin Incision', Archives of Plastic Surgeryhttp://www.e-aps.org/upload/pdf/aps-44-210.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
At the functional group level, time since abandonment and habitat properties showed clear interactions with microform type.
J. Liira, T. Triisberg-Uljas, E. Karofeld, H. Karu, J. Paal 2019, 'Does the autecology of core species reflect the synecology of functional groups duringthe assembly of vegetation in abandoned extracted peatlands?', Mires and Peathttp://mires-and-peat.net/media/map24/map_24_08.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)